PARENTS - The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is requesting your participation in the Digital Learning Dashboard Parent Survey. Information you provide will be used to help target areas of need and ensure that all NC students have adequate access to devices and the internet to access learning. Note that the information gathered will be kept private and confidential. - Access the survey at this link - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1Mf0OcxSkz27_guOx4txGVhbfU-E1YdlZ2rlP2478Ex719w/viewform
On Saturday, April 27th Freedom Trail PTO will host a community yard sale. To reserve a table call Brittany Beam at 828.387.7194.
Tomorrow is HAT DAY!! Bring your dollar and show your support for Ms Alisha! 👒🎩🧢🎓đź¤
Avery County Schools' parents and community members who are also customers of Carolina West Wireless can sign up to have 3% of their phone bill donated to a school of their choice. Please follow this link to either sign up or renew your school preference.
https://c4e.carolinawest.com/
School level spelling bee winners will be competing for the district championship on February 2, 2024 at 1 pm. Watch a Live Stream of the Avery County Schools Spelling Bee - 2024 at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzIxj_6dK7s
Christmas Spirit Week!!
October 24, 2023
Greetings from the Avery County School System!
Our first grading period has quickly passed. All staff and students are working very hard to address academic priorities throughout each school and grade level. Last year’s student performance data has been released and is now available through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction at the following link, Accountability Data Sets and Reports. As a result of the intense focus on reading and math, we continue to see significant academic gains at the elementary level and have a lot to celebrate. We also have several opportunities for growth throughout Avery County Schools. In addition to academic growth, attendance has been improving across all grade levels and will continue to be among our top priorities this year. Thank you to all parents, guardians, and students for recognizing the importance of being in school and arriving on time each day.
In addition to academics, safety is a top priority for Avery County Schools. Our fleet of buses are traveling throughout Avery County each school day transporting our students. Vehicles must stop in both directions on all Avery County roadways for stopped school buses when red flashing lights are on and stop arms extended. Compared to this time last year, we are experiencing an increase in the number of vehicles running through stopped school buses, endangering the lives of our children. Buses are on our highways each morning between the hours of 6:00am to 8:00am and 2:30pm to 5:00pm. Motorist are reminded to be on the highest level of alert to avoid running stopped school buses and the possibility of seriously or fatally injuring a child as they are boarding or exiting a school bus.
As fall has quickly arrived so has cold temperatures. We have transitioned all schools and other buildings from air conditioning to heat. Fall is also a reminder that snow will soon return to our area. Along with our winter season, comes the frequent decision to close or modify our school schedules, including delayed starts or early releases. Decisions to cancel school or expedite a delayed start will continue to be made at the earliest time possible to allow parents and guardians adequate time to plan for childcare or to make other arrangements on snow days. Our current academic calendar has additional time built in for inclement weather without the need to make up days of instruction. However, if we exhaust all “banked” hours with extended snow days and cancellations, we will have to revisit our calendar and all available options, including make-up days.
This is a very exciting time of year with the holidays quickly approaching and the first semester halfway complete. Thanksgiving will be here in a few weeks providing each of us an opportunity to pause and reflect on our numerous blessings. We all have a lot to be thankful for, especially our health, family and this great county we call home. The Avery County School System is very thankful for our strong partnerships between our schools and families as we strive to make this the best school year ever in Avery County!
Our House Dance Competition was held this afternoon and it was awesome! Congratulations to Altruismo🖤on your well-deserved win and congratulations to every house for your hard work, perseverance, and dedication to your dances! None of them were easy and we applaud all efforts!🖤💙❤️💚
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Early dismissal Friday, October 6th at 12:00
Join us Wednesday, September 6th at 5:00 for our first PTO meeting
Join us Friday, August 11th for open house
We are ready for our upcoming PreK students
Flock a friend! May 1-12
This morning we celebrated our Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Rhiannon Manis for FTE and Mr. Mason Morris for CMS. Both are exceptional teachers and we are fortunate to have them working with our students.
Parents - Please complete this Home Digital Device and Internet Access Survey. Your responses will be anonymous and will help NCDPI to target areas of need for North Carolina students.
http://bit.ly/3TV8jxx
Students working hard in math class. Learning all about a 10 frame
Freedom Trails top 24 Amazing Shake scholars are getting ready to rock the district Amazing Shake on Thursday! So many people have poured into these kids over the past few months, they are prepared and so loved by many.
We have had some very special donations from our partners at Eseeola, the Nidiffer family, and even a staff members mother who has worked hard to iron all of their outfits!!
We are READY!! Let’s GOOOOOO
Pre K screening for the 2023-2024 school year is April 28th. Please call 828.733.6006 to schedule an appointment.
The Nidiffer’s did it again! This time they hosted some of our 2nd grade students at The Liars Table for another farm to table cooking lesson. This week they learned about making bread, they made their own pizzas, and Amos and Kaci took the time to read them a story. If you haven’t been in this awesome little shop, you seriously need to stop in!! They have a little bit of everything and it’s just really a neat place! We are grateful for these kind of experiences for our students and for those community members that take the time to invest in our school!
“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered” - Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss week came to a close on Friday and it did not disappoint! We appreciate everyone who made an effort to dress up, we are thankful for school staff that goes above and beyond everyday (because weeks like this are hard!), and we are grateful we can make these memories! We are quickly moving toward the end of another school year so we are making every single day count!
“A person’s a person, no matter how small” - Dr. Seuss
